diff --git a/phpBB/includes/constants.php b/phpBB/includes/constants.php
index 66d2a003c6..68af41ab20 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/constants.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/constants.php
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ define('SESSIONS_TABLE',			$table_prefix . 'sessions');
 define('SESSIONS_KEYS_TABLE',		$table_prefix . 'sessions_keys');
 define('SITELIST_TABLE',			$table_prefix . 'sitelist');
 define('SMILIES_TABLE',				$table_prefix . 'smilies');
+define('SPHINX_TABLE',				$table_prefix . 'sphinx');
 define('STYLES_TABLE',				$table_prefix . 'styles');
 define('STYLES_TEMPLATE_TABLE',		$table_prefix . 'styles_template');
 define('STYLES_TEMPLATE_DATA_TABLE',$table_prefix . 'styles_template_data');
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
index 6f3c688aed..53bff898eb 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ require($phpbb_root_path . "includes/sphinxapi-0.9.8." . $phpEx);
 
 define('INDEXER_NAME', 'indexer');
 define('SEARCHD_NAME', 'searchd');
-define('SPHINX_TABLE', $table_prefix . 'sphinx');
 
 define('MAX_MATCHES', 20000);
 define('CONNECT_RETRIES', 3);